The Guide to Digital Print Quality: Understanding, Evaluating, and Measuring
is a comprehensive and important aid for anyone involved in the fast-growing digital print market, including print buyers, graphic designers, printers, and suppliers. It explores the capabilities and requirements for achieving good, consistent print quality with all major digital printing processes. (2001, 200 pages)
Takes the mystery out of the many factors that impact print quality on digital devices.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
* Print quality
* Traditional methods of printing
* Digital methods of printing
* Digital vs. traditional printing
Chapter 2: Digital Printing Technologies
* Electrophotography
o Laser Printing
o LED Printing
o Color laser and LED printing
* Ion Deposition and Electron Beam
* Magnetography
* Ink Jet
o Continuous ink jet
o Drop-On-Demand
* Thermal
o Direct thermal
o Thermal transfer
o Dye sublimation
* Electrostatic
* Other technologies
o Elcography
o Océ Direct Imaging
o Digital duplicators
Chapter 3: Print Quality Parameters
* The Print Engine
o Registration
o Fusing/drying
o Paper path
* Print resolution
o Resolution and image enhancement
* Characteristics of toners and inks
o Toner and developer
o Ink jet inks
o Conventional versus chemical
Chapter 4: Print Quality Measurement
* Subjective methods
o Visual techniques
o Physical characteristics
o Comparative methods
+ Standard viewing
+ Magnified viewing
* Objective methods
o Density
o Color
o Edge sharpness
o Dot shape and size
o Line width
o Screen ruling and angle
o Resolution
o Test forms
o Bar code readability
o MICR readability/performance
o Registration
o Toner adhesion
o Light fastness
o Water and solvent resistance
o Electronic measurements
* The future
Chapter 5: Other Factors
* Pre-print/print related
o Scanning
o Printer drivers
o System calibration
o Color management
o Image compression and enhancements
* Substrate related
o Moisture and humidity
o Basis weight and thickness
o Smoothness
o Brightness
o Opacity
o Electrical properties
o Formation and fiber alignment
o Grain
o Curl
o Stiffness
o Coating
o Water resistance
o Contamination/dust
o Abrasiveness
o Recycled papers
o Media packaging
o Vendor qualification
o Light
o Physical properties
Chapter 6: Print Quality and Documents
* Business documents
o Marketing materials
o Bills and statements
o Direct mail
o Business/graphic presentations
o Business forms
o Checks
o Bar codes
* Graphic arts documents
o Annual reports
o Books and manuals
o Catalogs
o Fine arts
o Magazines
o Packaging
o Photography
o Posters
Chapter 7: Print Quality and Print Media
* Low weight paper
* Pre-printed forms
* Card stocks
* Envelopes
* Labels
* Overhead transparencies
* Plastic (film)
* Textile
* Metal
* Other
Appendices
* Industry resources
* Glossary of terms
Benefits of the Guide
Clarifies technical and market issues
Helps users and designers to enhance the appearance and quality of their documents
Assist buyers in making the right purchasing decision
Helps equipment and paper, ink, toner vendors educate and train their employees
Who Will Benefit?
* Manufacturing/reseller companies
o Printing systems
o Paper and other substrates
o Ink, toner, and other consumables
* End users
o MIS/Data centers
o Network specialists
o In-plants/reprographic centers
* Print providers
o Graphic arts professionals
o Commercial printers
o Outsourcing organizations
o Digital Service bureaus
* Educational organizations
* Industry trade associations
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